Software User's Manual for the Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS)

Abstract

The navy has developed a nonhydrostatic fully coupled ocean/atmosphere model, The Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS), for predicting and simulating meteorological processes on meso to micro scales of motion. This document covers only the atmospheric portion and is based upon version 2.0 of the COAMPS code. The atmospheric model may be initialized with idealized fields or real data adjusted by observations. Detailed descriptions and diagrams of the COAMPS directory structure and coding framework is given to familiarize the user with the system. In addition, COAMPS numerous input parameters are defines and categorized to aid the user in manipulating the code to suit a variety of possible case studies. Finally, the user is taken through a step-by-step procedure for implementing and working with the system and for setting up submitting a COAMPS model run.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1996
Accession Number
AD1111747

Entities

People

  • Tracy Haack

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmosphere Models
  • Atmospheres
  • Case Studies
  • Directories
  • Models

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers